tinto
Spanish, noun
tinto is spelled T-I-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tinto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “red wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tintar. With an accent, tintó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tintar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vino de color tinto₂, elaborado macerando el hollejo de uvas negras en el mosto”.
What does tinto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dark red (of wine)
noun
- 1
masculinered wine
- 2
masculineblack coffee
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tintar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tintar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De color rojo oscuro.
noun: 1. Vino de color tinto₂, elaborado macerando el hollejo de uvas negras en el mosto. 2. Bebida de color pardo muy oscuro y efecto estimulante y vasoconstrictor, realizada por la infusión del café.
verb: 1. Participio irregular de teñir. .
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tinto
- tinta feminine
- tintos masculine plural
- tintas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tinto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tinto in Spanish?
tinto appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).